Job 1

 1. There was a man <0376> in the land <0776> of Uz <5780>,

whose name <8034> [was] Job <0347>; and that man <0376> was

perfect <8535> and upright <3477>, and one that feared <3373>

God <0430>, and eschewed <5493> evil <7451>.

 2 And there were born <3205> unto him seven <7651> sons <1121>

and three <7969> daughters <1121>.

 3 His substance <4735> also was seven <7651> thousand <0505>

sheep <6629>, and three <7969> thousand <0505> camels <1581>,

and five <2568> hundred <3967> yoke <6776> of oxen <1241>, and

five <2568> hundred <3967> she asses <0860>, and a very <3966>

great <7227> household <5657>; so that this <1931> man <0376>

was the greatest <1419> of all <3605> the men <1121> of the east

<6924>.

 4. And his sons <1121> went <1980> and feasted <4960> [in

their] houses <1004>, every <0376> one <0376> his day <3117>;

and sent <7971> and called <7121> for their three <7969> sisters

<0269> to eat <0398> and to drink <8354> with them.

 5 And it was so, when <3588> the days <3117> of [their]

feasting <4960> were gone <5362> about <5362>, that Job <0347>

sent <7971> and sanctified <6942> them, and rose <7925> up early

<7925> in the morning <1242>, and offered <5927> burnt <5930>

offerings [according] to the number <4557> of them all <3605>:

for Job <0347> said <0559>, It may <0194> be that my sons <1121>

have sinned <2398>, and cursed <1288> God <0430> in their hearts

<3824>. Thus <3602> did <6213> Job <0347> continually.

 6. Now there was a day <3117> when the sons <1121> of God

<0430> came <0935> to present <3320> themselves before <5921>

the LORD <3068>, and Satan <7854> came <0935> also <1571> among

<8432> them.

 7 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Satan <7854>, Whence

<0370> comest <0935> thou? Then Satan <7854> answered <6030> the

LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, From going <7751> to and fro

<7751> in the earth <0776>, and from walking <1980> up and down

in it.

 8 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Satan <7854>, Hast thou

considered my servant <5650> Job <0347>, that [there is] none

<0369> like <3644> him in the earth <0776>, a perfect <8535> and

an upright <3477> man <0376>, one that feareth <3373> God <0430>,

 and escheweth <5493> evil <7451>?

 9 Then Satan <7854> answered <6030> the LORD <3068>, and said

<0559>, Doth Job <0347> fear <3372> God <0430> for nought <2600>?

 10 Hast not thou made an hedge <7753> about <1157> him, and

about <1157> his house <1004>, and about <1157> all <3605> that

he hath on every <5437> side <5439>? thou hast blessed <1288>

the work <4639> of his hands <3027>, and his substance <4735> is

increased <6555> in the land <0776>.

 11 But put <7971> forth <7971> thine hand <3027> now <4994>,

and touch <5060> all <3605> that he hath, and he will curse

<1288> thee to thy face <6440>.

 12 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Satan <7854>, Behold

<2009>, all <3605> that he hath [is] in thy power <3027>; only

<3535> upon himself put <7971> not forth <7971> thine hand

<3027>. So Satan <7854> went <3318> forth <3318> from the

presence <6440> of the LORD <3068>.

 13. And there was a day <3117> when his sons <1121> and his

daughters <1121> [were] eating <0398> and drinking <8354> wine

<3196> in their eldest <1060> brother's <0251> house <1004>:

 14 And there came <0935> a messenger <4397> unto Job <0347>,

and said <0559>, The oxen <1241> were plowing <2790>, and the

asses <0860> feeding <7462> beside them:

 15 And the Sabeans <7614> fell <5307> [upon them], and took

<3947> them away; yea, they have slain <5221> the servants

<5288> with the edge <6310> of the sword <2719>; and I only

<7535> am escaped <4422> alone <0905> to tell <5046> thee.

 16 While he [was] yet speaking <1696>, there came <0935> also

another <2088>, and said <0559>, The fire <0784> of God <0430>

is fallen <5307> from heaven <8064>, and hath burned <1197> up

the sheep <6629>, and the servants <5288>, and consumed <0398>

them; and I only <7535> am escaped <4422> alone <0905> to tell

<5046> thee.

 17 While he [was] yet speaking <1696>, there came <0935> also

another <2088>, and said <0559>, The Chaldeans <3778> made

<7760> out three <7969> bands <7218>, and fell <6584> upon the

camels <1581>, and have carried <3947> them away, yea, and slain

<5221> the servants <5288> with the edge <6310> of the sword

<2719>; and I only <7535> am escaped <4422> alone <0905> to tell

<5046> thee.

 18 While he [was] yet speaking <1696>, there came <0935> also

another <2088>, and said <0559>, Thy sons <1121> and thy

daughters <1121> [were] eating <0398> and drinking <8354> wine

<3196> in their eldest <1060> brother's <0251> house <1004>:

 19 And, behold <2009>, there came <0935> a great <1419> wind

<7307> from the wilderness <4057>, and smote <5060> the four

<0702> corners <6438> of the house <1004>, and it fell <5307>

upon the young <5288> men, and they are dead <4191>; and I only

<7535> am escaped <4422> alone <0905> to tell <5046> thee.

 20. Then Job <0347> arose <6965>, and rent <7167> his mantle

<4598>, and shaved <1494> his head <7218>, and fell <5307> down

upon the ground <0776>, and worshipped <7812>,

 21 And said <0559>, Naked <6174> came <3318> I out of my

mother's <0517> womb <0990>, and naked <6174> shall I return

<7725> thither <8033>: the LORD <3068> gave <5414>, and the LORD

<3068> hath taken <3947> away; blessed <1288> be the name <8034>

of the LORD <3068>.

 22 In all <3605> this <2063> Job <0347> sinned <2398> not, nor

<3808> charged <5414> God <0430> foolishly <8604>.

Job 2

 1. Again there was a day <3117> when the sons <1121> of God

<0430> came <0935> to present <3320> themselves before <5921>

the LORD <3068>, and Satan <7854> came <0935> also <1571> among

<8432> them to present <3320> himself before <6440> the LORD

<3068>.

 2 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Satan <7854>, From

whence comest <0935> thou? And Satan <7854> answered <6030> the

LORD <3068>, and said <0559>, From going <7751> to and fro

<7751> in the earth <0776>, and from walking <1980> up and down

in it.

 3 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Satan <7854>, Hast thou

considered my servant <5650> Job <0347>, that [there is] none

<0369> like <3644> him in the earth <0776>, a perfect <8535> and

an upright <3477> man <0376>, one that feareth <3373> God <0430>,

 and escheweth <5493> evil <7451>? and still <5750> he holdeth

<2388> fast his integrity <8538>, although thou movedst <5496>

me against him, to destroy <1104> him without <2600> cause

<2600>.

 4 And Satan <7854> answered <6030> the LORD <3068>, and said

<0559>, Skin <5785> for skin <5785>, yea, all <3605> that a man

<0376> hath will he give <5414> for his life <5315>.

 5 But put <7971> forth <7971> thine hand <3027> now <4994>, and

touch <5060> his bone <6106> and his flesh <1320>, and he will

curse <1288> thee to thy face <6440>.

 6 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto Satan <7854>, Behold

<2009>, he [is] in thine hand <3027>; but save <8104> his life

<5315>.

 7. So went <3318> Satan <7854> forth <3318> from the presence

<6440> of the LORD <3068>, and smote <5221> Job <0347> with sore

<7451> boils <7822> from the sole <3709> of his foot <7272> unto

his crown <6936>.

 8 And he took <3947> him a potsherd <2789> to scrape <1623>

himself withal; and he sat <3427> down among <8432> the ashes

<0665>.

 9 Then said <0559> his wife <0802> unto him, Dost thou still

<5750> retain <2388> thine integrity <8538>? curse <1288> God

<0430>, and die <4191>.

 10 But he said <0559> unto her, Thou speakest <1696> as one

<0259> of the foolish <5039> women speaketh <1696>. What <1571>?

shall we receive <6901> good <2896> at the hand <0854> of God

<0430>, and shall we not receive <6901> evil <7451>? In all

<3605> this <2063> did not Job <0347> sin <2398> with his lips

<8193>.

 11. Now when Job's <0347> three <7969> friends <7453> heard

<8085> of all <3605> this <2063> evil <7451> that was come

<0935> upon him, they came <0935> every <0376> one <0376> from

his own place <4725>; Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <8489>, and

Bildad <1085> the Shuhite <7747>, and Zophar <6691> the

Naamathite <5284>: for they had made an appointment <3259>

together <3162> to come <0935> to mourn <5110> with him and to

comfort <5162> him.

 12 And when they lifted <5375> up their eyes <5869> afar <7350>

off, and knew <5234> him not, they lifted <5375> up their voice

<6963>, and wept <1058>; and they rent <7167> every <0376> one

<0376> his mantle <4598>, and sprinkled <2236> dust <6083> upon

their heads <7218> toward heaven <8064>.

 13 So they sat <3427> down with him upon the ground <0776>

seven <7651> days <3117> and seven <7651> nights <3915>, and

none <0369> spake <1696> a word <1697> unto him: for they saw

<7200> that [his] grief <3511> was very <3966> great <1431>.

Job 3

 1. After <0310> this <3651> opened <6605> Job <0347> his mouth

<6310>, and cursed <7043> his day <3117>.

 2 And Job <0347> spake <6030>, and said <0559>,

 3 Let the day <3117> perish <6> wherein I was born <3205>, and

the night <3915> [in which] it was said <0559>, There is a man

<1397> child conceived <2030>.

 4 Let that day <3117> be darkness <2822>; let not God <0433>

regard <1875> it from above <4605>, neither <0408> let the light

<5105> shine <3313> upon it.

 5 Let darkness <2822> and the shadow <6757> of death <6757>

stain <1350> it; let a cloud <6053> dwell <7931> upon it; let

the blackness <3650> of the day <3117> terrify <1204> it.

 6 As [for] that night <3915>, let darkness <0652> seize <3947>

upon it; let it not be joined <2302> unto the days <3117> of the

year <8141>, let it not come <0935> into the number <4557> of

the months <3391>.

 7 Lo <2009>, let that night <3915> be solitary <1565>, let no

<0408> joyful <7445> voice come <0935> therein.

 8 Let them curse <5344> it that curse <0779> the day <3117>,

who are ready <6264> to raise <5782> up their mourning <3382>.

 9 Let the stars <3556> of the twilight <5399> thereof be dark

<2821>; let it look <6960> for light <0216>, but [have] none

<0369>; neither <0408> let it see <7200> the dawning <6079> of

the day <7837>:

 10 Because <3588> it shut <5462> not up the doors <1817> of my

[mother's] womb <0990>, nor hid <5641> sorrow <3999> from mine

eyes <5869>.

 11. Why <4100> died <4191> I not from the womb <7358>? [why]

did I [not] give <1478> up the ghost <1478> when I came <3318>

out of the belly <0990>?

 12 Why <4069> did the knees <1290> prevent <6923> me? or why

<4069> the breasts <7699> that I should suck <3243>?

 13 For now <6258> should I have lain <7901> still and been

quiet <8252>, I should have slept <3462>: then <0227> had I been

at rest <5117>,

 14 With kings <4428> and counsellors <3289> of the earth <0776>,

 which built <1129> desolate <2723> places <2723> for themselves;

 15 Or <0176> with princes <8269> that had gold <2091>, who

filled <4390> their houses <1004> with silver <3701>:

 16 Or <0176> as an hidden <2934> untimely <5309> birth <5309> I

had not been <1961>; as infants <5768> [which] never <3808> saw

<7200> light <0216>.

 17 There <8033> the wicked <7563> cease <2308> [from] troubling

<7267>; and there <8033> the weary <3019> be at rest <5117>.

 18 [There] the prisoners <0615> rest <7599> together <3162>;

they hear <8085> not the voice <6963> of the oppressor <5065>.

 19 The small <6996> and great <1419> are there <8033>; and the

servant <5650> [is] free <2670> from his master <0113>.

 20. Wherefore <4100> is light <0216> given <5414> to him that

is in misery <6001>, and life <2416> unto the bitter <4751> [in]

soul <5315>;

 21 Which long <2442> for death <4194>, but it [cometh] not; and

dig <2658> for it more than for hid <4301> treasures <4301>;

 22 Which rejoice <8055> exceedingly, [and] are glad <7797>,

when <3588> they can find <4672> the grave <6913>?

 23 [Why is light given] to a man <1397> whose <0834> way <1870>

is hid <5641>, and whom God <0433> hath hedged <5526> in?

 24 For my sighing <0585> cometh <0935> before <6440> I eat

<3899>, and my roarings <7581> are poured <5413> out like the

waters <4325>.

 25 For the thing which I greatly feared <6342> is come <0857>

upon me, and that which <0834> I was afraid <3025> of is come

<0935> unto me.

 26 I was not in safety <7951>, neither <3808> had I rest <8252>,

 neither <3808> was I quiet <5117>; yet trouble <7267> came

<0935>.

Job 4

 1. Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <8489> answered <6030> and

said <0559>,

 2 [If] we assay <5254> to commune <1697> with thee, wilt thou

be grieved <3811>? but who <4310> can <3201> withhold <6113>

himself from speaking <4405>?

 3 Behold <2009>, thou hast instructed <3256> many <7227>, and

thou hast strengthened <2388> the weak <7504> hands <3027>.

 4 Thy words <4405> have upholden <6965> him that was falling

<3782>, and thou hast strengthened <0553> the feeble <3766>

knees <1290>.

 5 But now <6258> it is come <0935> upon thee, and thou faintest

<3811>; it toucheth <5060> thee, and thou art troubled <0926>.

 6 [Is] not [this] thy fear <3374>, thy confidence <3690>, thy

hope <8615>, and the uprightness <8537> of thy ways <1870>?

 7. Remember <2142>, I pray <4994> thee, who <4310> [ever]

perished <6>, being innocent <5355>? or where <0375> were the

righteous <6662> cut <3582> off?

 8 Even as I have seen <7200>, they that plow <2790> iniquity

<0205>, and sow <2232> wickedness <5999>, reap <7114> the same.

 9 By the blast <5397> of God <0433> they perish <6>, and by the

breath <7307> of his nostrils <0639> are they consumed <3615>.

 10 The roaring <7581> of the lion <0738>, and the voice <6963>

of the fierce <7826> lion <7826>, and the teeth <8127> of the

young <3715> lions <3715>, are broken <5421>.

 11 The old lion <3918> perisheth <6> for lack <1097> of prey

<2964>, and the stout lion's <3833> whelps <1121> are scattered

<6504> abroad <6504>.

 12. Now a thing <1697> was secretly <1589> brought <1589> to me,

 and mine ear <0241> received <3947> a little <8102> thereof.

 13 In thoughts <5587> from the visions <2384> of the night

<3915>, when deep <8639> sleep <8639> falleth <5307> on <5921>

men <0582>,

 14 Fear <6343> came <7122> upon me, and trembling <7460>, which

made all <7230> my bones <6106> to shake <6342>.

 15 Then a spirit <7307> passed <2498> before <5921> my face

<6440>; the hair <8185> of my flesh <1320> stood <5568> up:

 16 It stood <5975> still, but I could not discern <5234> the

form <4758> thereof: an image <8544> [was] before <5048> mine

eyes <5869>, [there was] silence <1827>, and I heard <8085> a

voice <6963>, [saying],

 17 Shall mortal <0582> man <0582> be more just <6663> than God

<0433>? shall a man <1396> be more pure <2891> than his maker

<6213>?

 18 Behold <2005>, he put no <3808> trust <0539> in his servants

<5650>; and his angels <4397> he charged <7760> with folly

<8417>:

 19 How <0637> much <0637> less [in] them that dwell <7931> in

houses <1004> of clay <2563>, whose <0834> foundation <3247>

[is] in the dust <6083>, [which] are crushed <1792> before

<6440> the moth <6211>?

 20 They are destroyed <3807> from morning <1242> to evening

<6153>: they perish <6> for ever <5331> without any regarding

<7760> [it].

 21 Doth not their excellency <3499> [which is] in them go

<5265> away <5265>? they die <4191>, even without <3808> wisdom

<2451>.

Job 5

 1. Call <7121> now <4994>, if there be any that will answer

<6030> thee; and to which <4310> of the saints <6918> wilt thou

turn <6437>?

 2 For wrath <3708> killeth <2026> the foolish <0191> man, and

envy <7068> slayeth <4191> the silly <6601> one.

 3 I have seen <7200> the foolish <0191> taking root <8327>: but

suddenly <6597> I cursed <5344> his habitation <5116>.

 4 His children <1121> are far <7350> from safety <3468>, and

they are crushed <1792> in the gate <8179>, neither <0369> [is

there] any to deliver <5337> [them].

 5 Whose <0834> harvest <7105> the hungry <7456> eateth <0398>

up, and taketh <3947> it even out of the thorns <6791>, and the

robber <6782> swalloweth <7602> up their substance <2428>.

 6. Although <3588> affliction <0205> cometh <3318> not forth

<3318> of the dust <6083>, neither <3808> doth trouble <5999>

spring <6779> out of the ground <0127>;

 7 Yet <3588> man <0120> is born <3205> unto trouble <5999>, as

the sparks <7565> fly <5774> upward <1361>.

 8 I would seek <1875> unto God <0410>, and unto God <0430>

would I commit <7760> my cause <1700>:

 9 Which doeth <6213> great <1419> things and unsearchable;

marvellous <6381> things without number <4557>:

 10 Who giveth <5414> rain <4306> upon the earth <0776>, and

sendeth <7971> waters <4325> upon the fields <2351>:

 11 To set <7760> up on high <4791> those that be low <8217>;

that those which mourn <6937> may be exalted <7682> to safety

<3468>.

 12 He disappointeth <6565> the devices <4284> of the crafty

<6175>, so that their hands <3027> cannot perform [their]

enterprise <8454>.

 13 He taketh <3920> the wise <2450> in their own craftiness

<6193>: and the counsel <6098> of the froward <6617> is carried

<4116> headlong.

 14 They meet <6298> with darkness <2822> in the daytime <3119>,

and grope <4959> in the noonday <6672> as in the night <3915>.

 15 But he saveth <3467> the poor <34> from the sword <2719>,

from their mouth <6310>, and from the hand <3027> of the mighty

<2389>.

 16 So the poor <1800> hath <1961> hope <8615>, and iniquity

<5766> stoppeth <7092> her mouth <6310>.

 17. Behold <2009>, happy <0835> [is] the man <0582> whom God

<0433> correcteth <3198>: therefore despise <3988> not thou the

chastening <4148> of the Almighty <7706>:

 18 For he maketh sore <3510>, and bindeth <2280> up: he

woundeth <4272>, and his hands <3027> make whole <7495>.

 19 He shall deliver <5337> thee in six <8337> troubles <6869>:

yea, in seven <7651> there shall no <3808> evil <7451> touch

<5060> thee.

 20 In famine <7458> he shall redeem <6299> thee from death

<4194>: and in war <4421> from the power <3027> of the sword

<2719>.

 21 Thou shalt be hid <2244> from the scourge <7752> of the

tongue <3956>: neither <3808> shalt thou be afraid <3372> of

destruction <7701> when <3588> it cometh <0935>.

 22 At destruction <7701> and famine <3720> thou shalt laugh

<7832>: neither <0408> shalt thou be afraid <3372> of the beasts

<2416> of the earth <0776>.

 23 For thou shalt be in league <1285> with the stones <68> of

the field <7704>: and the beasts <2416> of the field <7704>

shall be at peace <7999> with thee.

 24 And thou shalt know <3045> that thy tabernacle <0168> [shall

be] in peace <7965>; and thou shalt visit <6485> thy habitation

<5116>, and shalt not sin <2398>.

 25 Thou shalt know <3045> also that thy seed <2233> [shall be]

great <7227>, and thine offspring <6631> as the grass <6212> of

the earth <0776>.

 26 Thou shalt come <0935> to [thy] grave <6913> in a full

<3624> age <3624>, like as a shock <1430> of corn cometh <5927>

in in his season <6256>.

 27 Lo <2009> this <2063>, we have searched <2713> it, so <3651>

it [is]; hear <8085> it, and know <3045> thou [it] for thy good.

Job 6

 1. But Job <0347> answered <6030> and said <0559>,

 2 Oh that my grief <3708> were throughly weighed <8254>, and my

calamity <1942> laid <5375> in the balances <3976> together

<3162>!

 3 For now <6258> it would be heavier <3513> than the sand

<2344> of the sea <3220>: therefore my words <1697> are

swallowed <3886> up.

 4 For the arrows <2671> of the Almighty <7706> [are] within

<5978> me, the poison <2534> whereof <0834> drinketh <8354> up

my spirit <7307>: the terrors <1161> of God <0433> do set

themselves in array <6186> against me.

 5 Doth the wild <6501> ass <6501> bray <5101> when he hath

grass <1877>? or loweth <1600> the ox <7794> over <5921> his

fodder <1098>?

 6 Can that which is unsavoury <8602> be eaten <0398> without

<1097> salt <4417>? or is there <8033> [any] taste <2940> in the

white <7388> of an egg <2495>?

 7 The things [that] my soul <5315> refused <3985> to touch

<5060> [are] as my sorrowful <1741> meat <3899>.

 8. Oh that I might have <0935> my request <7596>; and that God

<0433> would grant <5414> [me] the thing that I long <8615> for!

 9 Even that it would please <2894> God <0433> to destroy <1792>

me; that he would let loose <5425> his hand <3027>, and cut

<1214> me off!

 10 Then should I yet <5750> have <1961> comfort <5165>; yea, I

would harden <5539> myself in sorrow <2427>: let him not spare

<2550>; for I have not concealed <3582> the words <0561> of the

Holy <6918> One.

 11 What <4100> [is] my strength <3581>, that I should hope

<3176>? and what <4100> [is] mine end <7093>, that I should

prolong <0748> my life <5315>?

 12 [Is] my strength <3581> the strength <3581> of stones <68>?

or [is] my flesh <1320> of brass <5153>?

 13 [Is] not my help <5833> in me? and is wisdom <8454> driven

<5080> quite <5080> from me?

 14. To him that is afflicted <4523> pity <2617> [should be

shewed] from his friend <7453>; but he forsaketh <5800> the fear

<3374> of the Almighty <7706>.

 15 My brethren <0251> have dealt deceitfully <0898> as a brook

<5158>, [and] as the stream <0650> of brooks <5158> they pass

<5674> away;

 16 Which are blackish <6937> by reason <4480> of the ice <7140>,

 [and] wherein the snow <7950> is hid <5956>:

 17 What time <6256> they wax warm <2215>, they vanish <6789>:

when it is hot <2527>, they are consumed <1846> out of their

place <4725>.

 18 The paths <0734> of their way <1870> are turned <3943> aside

<3943>; they go <5927> to nothing <8414>, and perish <6>.

 19 The troops <0734> of Tema <8485> looked <5027>, the

companies <1979> of Sheba <7614> waited <6960> for them.

 20 They were confounded <0954> because <3588> they had hoped

<0982>; they came <0935> thither <5704>, and were ashamed <2659>.

 21 For now <6258> ye are nothing <3808>; ye see <7200> [my]

casting <2866> down, and are afraid <3372>.

 22. Did I say <0559>, Bring <6051> unto me? or, Give a reward

<7809> for me of your substance <3581>?

 23 Or, Deliver <4422> me from the enemy's <6862> hand <3027>?

or, Redeem <6299> me from the hand <3027> of the mighty <6184>?

 24 Teach <3384> me, and I will hold <2790> my tongue <2790>:

and cause me to understand <0995> wherein <4100> I have erred

<7683>.

 25 How <4100> forcible <4834> are right <3476> words <0561>!

but what <4100> doth your arguing <3198> reprove <3198>?

 26 Do ye imagine <2803> to reprove <3198> words <4405>, and the

speeches <0561> of one that is desperate <2976>, [which are] as

wind <7307>?

 27 Yea <0637>, ye overwhelm <5307> the fatherless <3490>, and

ye dig <3738> [a pit] for your friend <7451>.

 28 Now <6258> therefore be content <2974>, look <6437> upon me;

for [it is] evident unto you if <0518> I lie <3576>.

 29 Return <7725>, I pray <4994> you, let it not be iniquity

<5766>; yea, return <7725> again <5750>, my righteousness <6664>

[is] in it.

 30 Is there iniquity <5766> in my tongue <3956>? cannot <3808>

my taste <2441> discern <0995> perverse <1942> things?

Job 7

 1. [Is there] not an appointed <6635> time <6635> to man <0582>

upon earth <0776>? [are not] his days <3117> also like the days

<3117> of an hireling <7916>?

 2 As a servant <5650> earnestly desireth <7602> the shadow

<6738>, and as an hireling <7916> looketh <6960> for [the reward

of] his work <6467>:

 3 So <3651> am I made to possess <5157> months <3391> of vanity

<7723>, and wearisome <5999> nights <3915> are appointed <4487>

to me.

 4 When <4970> I lie <7901> down <7901>, I say <0559>, When

<4970> shall I arise <6965>, and the night <6153> be gone

<4059>? and I am full <7646> of tossings <5076> to and fro unto

the dawning <5399> of the day <5399>.

 5 My flesh <1320> is clothed <3847> with worms <7415> and clods

<1487> of dust <6083>; my skin <5785> is broken <7280>, and

become <3988> loathsome <3988>.

 6 My days <3117> are swifter <7043> than a weaver's shuttle

<0708>, and are spent <3615> without <0657> hope <8615>.

 7. O remember <2142> that my life <2416> [is] wind <7307>: mine

eye <5869> shall no <3808> more <7725> see <7200> good <2896>.

 8 The eye <5869> of him that hath seen <7210> me shall see

<7789> me no <3808> [more]: thine eyes <5869> [are] upon me, and

I [am] not.

 9 [As] the cloud <6051> is consumed <3615> and vanisheth <3212>

away: so <3651> he that goeth <3381> down <3381> to the grave

<7585> shall come <5927> up no <3808> [more].

 10 He shall return <7725> no <3808> more <5750> to his house

<1004>, neither <3808> shall his place <4725> know <5234> him

any more <5750>.

 11 Therefore <1571> I will not refrain <2820> my mouth <6310>;

I will speak <1696> in the anguish <6862> of my spirit <7307>; I

will complain <7878> in the bitterness <4751> of my soul <5315>.

 12 [Am] I a sea <3220>, or a whale <8577>, that thou settest

<7760> a watch <4929> over <5921> me?

 13 When <3588> I say <0559>, My bed <6210> shall comfort <5162>

me, my couch <4904> shall ease <5375> my complaint <7878>;

 14 Then thou scarest <2865> me with dreams <2472>, and

terrifiest <1204> me through visions <2384>:

 15 So that my soul <5315> chooseth <0977> strangling <4267>,

[and] death <4194> rather than my life <6106>.

 16 I loathe <3988> [it]; I would not live <2421> alway <5769>:

let me alone <2308>; for my days <3117> [are] vanity <1892>.

 17. What <4100> [is] man <0582>, that thou shouldest magnify

<1431> him? and that thou shouldest set <7896> thine heart

<3820> upon him?

 18 And [that] thou shouldest visit <6485> him every morning

<1242>, [and] try <0974> him every moment <7281>?

 19 How <5704> long <4101> wilt thou not depart <8159> from me,

nor <3808> let me alone <7503> till <5704> I swallow <1104> down

my spittle <7536>?

 20 I have sinned <2398>; what <4100> shall I do <6466> unto

thee, O thou preserver <5314> of men <0120>? why <4100> hast

thou set <7760> me as a mark <4645> against thee, so that I am a

burden <4853> to myself?

 21 And why <4100> dost thou not pardon <5375> my transgression

<6588>, and take <5674> away <5674> mine iniquity <5771>? for

now <6258> shall I sleep <7901> in the dust <6083>; and thou

shalt seek <7836> me in the morning <7836>, but I [shall] not

[be].

Job 8

 1. Then answered <6030> Bildad <1085> the Shuhite <7747>, and

said <0559>,

 2 How <5704> long <5704> wilt thou speak <4448> these <0428>

[things]? and [how long shall] the words <0561> of thy mouth

<6310> [be like] a strong <3524> wind <7307>?

 3 Doth God <0410> pervert <5791> judgment <4941>? or doth the

Almighty <7706> pervert <5791> justice <6664>?

 4 If <0518> thy children <1121> have sinned <2398> against him,

and he have cast <7971> them away for their transgression <6588>;

 5 If <0518> thou wouldest seek <7836> unto God <0410> betimes

<7836>, and make thy supplication <2603> to the Almighty <7706>;

 6 If <0518> thou [wert] pure <2134> and upright <3477>; surely

<3588> now <6258> he would awake <5782> for thee, and make the

habitation <5116> of thy righteousness <6664> prosperous <7999>.

 7 Though thy beginning <7225> was small <4705>, yet thy latter

<0319> end should greatly <3966> increase <7685>.

 8. For enquire <7592>, I pray <4994> thee, of the former <7223>

age <1755>, and prepare <3559> thyself to the search <2714> of

their fathers <1>:

 9 (For we [are but of] yesterday <8543>, and know <3045>

nothing <3808>, because <3588> our days <3117> upon earth <0776>

[are] a shadow <6738>:)

 10 Shall not they teach <3384> thee, [and] tell <0559> thee,

and utter <3318> words <4405> out of their heart <3820>?

 11 Can the rush <1573> grow <1342> up without <3808> mire

<1207>? can the flag <0260> grow <6779> without <1097> water

<4325>?

 12 Whilst <5704> it [is] yet <5750> in his greenness <3>, [and]

not cut <6998> down, it withereth <3001> before <6440> any

<3605> [other] herb <2682>.

 13 So <3651> [are] the paths <0734> of all <3605> that forget

<7911> God <0410>; and the hypocrite's <2611> hope <8615> shall

perish <6>:

 14 Whose <0834> hope <3689> shall be cut <6990> off, and whose

trust <4009> [shall be] a spider's <5908> web <1004>.

 15 He shall lean <8172> upon his house <1004>, but it shall not

stand <5975>: he shall hold <2388> it fast, but it shall not

endure <6965>.

 16 He [is] green <7373> before <6440> the sun <8121>, and his

branch <3127> shooteth <3318> forth <3318> in his garden <1593>.

 17 His roots <8328> are wrapped <5440> about <5440> the heap

<1530>, [and] seeth <2372> the place <1004> of stones <68>.

 18 If <0518> he destroy <1104> him from his place <4725>, then

[it] shall deny <3584> him, [saying], I have not seen <7200>

thee.

 19 Behold <2005>, this <1931> [is] the joy <4885> of his way

<1870>, and out of the earth <6083> shall others <0312> grow

<6779>.

 20. Behold <2005>, God <0410> will not cast <3988> away a

perfect <8535> [man], neither <3808> will he help <2388> the

evil <7489> doers:

 21 Till <5704> he fill <4390> thy mouth <6310> with laughing

<7814>, and thy lips <8193> with rejoicing <8643>.

 22 They that hate <8130> thee shall be clothed <3847> with

shame <1322>; and the dwelling <0168> place of the wicked <7563>

shall come to nought <0369>.

Job 9

 1. Then Job <0347> answered <6030> and said <0559>,

 2 I know <3045> [it is] so <3651> of a truth <0551>: but how

<4100> should man <0582> be just <6663> with God <0410>?

 3 If <0518> he will contend <7378> with him, he cannot <3808>

answer <6030> him one <0259> of a thousand <0505>.

 4 [He is] wise <2450> in heart <3824>, and mighty <0533> in

strength <3581>: who <4310> hath hardened <7185> [himself]

against <0413> him, and hath prospered <7999>?

 5 Which removeth <6275> the mountains <2022>, and they know

<3045> not: which <0834> overturneth <2015> them in his anger

<0639>.

 6 Which shaketh <7264> the earth <0776> out of her place <4725>,

 and the pillars <5982> thereof tremble <6426>.

 7 Which commandeth <0559> the sun <2775>, and it riseth <2224>

not; and sealeth <2856> up the stars <3556>.

 8 Which alone <0905> spreadeth <5186> out the heavens <8064>,

and treadeth <1869> upon the waves <1116> of the sea <3220>.

 9 Which maketh <6213> Arcturus <5906>, Orion <3685>, and

Pleiades <3598>, and the chambers <2315> of the south <8486>.

 10 Which doeth <6213> great <1419> things past <0369> finding

<2714> out; yea, and wonders <6381> without number <4557>.

 11 Lo <2005>, he goeth <5674> by me, and I see <7200> [him] not:

 he passeth <2498> on also, but I perceive <0995> him not.

 12 Behold <2005>, he taketh <2862> away <2862>, who <4310> can

hinder <7725> him? who <4310> will say <0559> unto him, What

<4100> doest <6213> thou?

 13 [If] God <0433> will not withdraw <7725> his anger <0639>,

the proud <7293> helpers <5826> do stoop <7817> under <8478> him.

 14. How <0637> much less shall I answer <6030> him, [and]

choose <0977> out my words <1697> [to reason] with him?

 15 Whom <0834>, though <0518> I were righteous <6663>, [yet]

would I not answer <6030>, [but] I would make supplication

<2603> to my judge <8199>.

 16 If <0518> I had called <7121>, and he had answered <6030> me;

 [yet] would I not believe <0539> that he had hearkened <0238>

unto my voice <6963>.

 17 For he breaketh <7779> me with a tempest <8183>, and

multiplieth <7235> my wounds <6482> without <2600> cause <2600>.

 18 He will not suffer <5414> me to take my breath <7307>, but

filleth <7646> me with bitterness <4472>.

 19 If <0518> [I speak] of strength <3581>, lo <2009>, [he is]

strong <0533>: and if <0518> of judgment <4941>, who <4310>

shall set <3259> me a time [to plead]?

 20 If <0518> I justify <6663> myself, mine own mouth <6310>

shall condemn <7561> me: [if I say], I [am] perfect <8535>, it

shall also prove me perverse <6140>.

 21 [Though] I [were] perfect <8535>, [yet] would I not know

<3045> my soul <5315>: I would despise <3988> my life <2416>.

 22. This <1931> [is] one <0259> [thing], therefore I said

<0559> [it], He destroyeth <3615> the perfect <8535> and the

wicked <7563>.

 23 If <0518> the scourge <7752> slay <4191> suddenly <6597>, he

will laugh <3932> at the trial <4531> of the innocent <5355>.

 24 The earth <0776> is given <5414> into the hand <3027> of the

wicked <7563>: he covereth <4374> the faces <6440> of the judges

<8199> thereof; if <0518> not, where <0645>, [and] who <4310>

[is] he?

 25. Now my days <3117> are swifter <7043> than <4480> a post

<7323>: they flee <1272> away, they see <7200> no <3808> good

<2896>.

 26 They are passed <2498> away as the swift <16> ships <0591>:

as the eagle <5404> [that] hasteth <2907> to the prey <0400>.

 27 If <0518> I say <0559>, I will forget <7911> my complaint

<7878>, I will leave <5800> off my heaviness <6440>, and comfort

<1082> [myself]:

 28 I am afraid <3025> of all <3605> my sorrows <6094>, I know

<3045> that thou wilt not hold me innocent <5352>.

 29 [If] I be wicked <7561>, why <4100> then labour <3021> I in

vain <1892>?

 30 If <0518> I wash <7364> myself with snow <7950> water <1119>,

 and make my hands <3709> never <1253> so clean <2141>;

 31 Yet <0227> shalt thou plunge <2881> me in the ditch <7845>,

and mine own clothes <8008> shall abhor <8581> me.

 32 For [he is] not a man <0376>, as I [am, that] I should

answer <6030> him, [and] we should come <0935> together <3162>

in judgment <4941>.

 33 Neither <3808> is there any daysman <3198> betwixt <0996> us,

 [that] might lay <7896> his hand <3027> upon us both <8147>.

 34 Let him take <5493> his rod <7626> away <5493> from me, and

let not his fear <0367> terrify <1204> me:

 35 [Then] would I speak <1696>, and not fear <3372> him; but

[it is] not so <3651> with me.

Job 10

 1. My soul <5315> is weary <5354> of my life <2416>; I will

leave <5800> my complaint <7878> upon myself; I will speak

<1696> in the bitterness <4751> of my soul <5315>.

 2 I will say <0559> unto God <0433>, Do not condemn <7561> me;

shew <3045> me wherefore thou contendest with me.

 3 [Is it] good <2896> unto thee that thou shouldest oppress

<6231>, that thou shouldest despise <3988> the work <3018> of

thine hands <3709>, and shine <3313> upon the counsel <6098> of

the wicked <7563>?

 4 Hast thou eyes <5869> of flesh <1320>? or seest <7200> thou

as man <0582> seeth <7200>?

 5 [Are] thy days <3117> as the days <3117> of man <0582>? [are]

thy years <8141> as man's <1397> days <3117>,

 6 That thou enquirest <1245> after <0310> mine iniquity <5771>,

and searchest <1875> after <0310> my sin <2403>?

 7 Thou knowest <1847> that I am not wicked <7561>; and [there

is] none <0369> that can deliver <5337> out of thine hand <3027>.

 8. Thine hands <3027> have made <6087> me and fashioned <6213>

me together <3162> round <5439> about; yet thou dost destroy

<1104> me.

 9 Remember <2142>, I beseech <4994> thee, that thou hast made

<6213> me as the clay <2563>; and wilt thou bring <7725> me into

<0413> dust <6083> again <7725>?

 10 Hast thou not poured <5413> me out as milk <2461>, and

curdled <7087> me like cheese <1385>?

 11 Thou hast clothed <3847> me with skin <5785> and flesh

<1320>, and hast fenced <7753> me with bones <6106> and sinews

<1517>.

 12 Thou hast granted <6213> me life <2416> and favour <2617>,

and thy visitation <6486> hath preserved <8104> my spirit <7307>.

 13 And these <0428> [things] hast thou hid <6845> in thine

heart <3824>: I know <3045> that this <2063> [is] with thee.

 14. If <0518> I sin <2398>, then thou markest <8104> me, and

thou wilt not acquit <5352> me from mine iniquity <5771>.

 15 If <0518> I be wicked <7561>, woe <0480> unto me; and [if

<0518>] I be righteous <6662>, [yet] will I not lift <5375> up

my head <7218>. [I am] full <7646> of confusion <7036>;

therefore see <7200> thou mine affliction <6040>;

 16 For it increaseth <1342>. Thou huntest <6679> me as a fierce

<7826> lion <7826>: and again <7725> thou shewest thyself

marvellous <6381> upon me.

 17 Thou renewest <2318> thy witnesses <5707> against <5048> me,

and increasest <7235> thine indignation <3708> upon me; changes

<2487> and war <6635> [are] against <5973> me.

 18 Wherefore <4100> then hast thou brought <3318> me forth

<3318> out of the womb <7358>? Oh that I had given <1478> up the

ghost <1478>, and no <3808> eye <5869> had seen <7200> me!

 19 I should have been <1961> as though I had not been <1961>; I

should have been carried <2986> from the womb <0990> to the

grave <6913>.

 20 [Are] not my days <3117> few <4592>? cease <2308> [then,

and] let me alone <7896>, that I may take comfort <1082> a

little <4592>,

 21 Before <2962> I go <3212> [whence] I shall not return <7725>,

 [even] to the land <0776> of darkness <2822> and the shadow

<6757> of death <6757>;

 22 A land <0776> of darkness <5890>, as darkness <5890> [itself;

 and] of the shadow <6738> of death <6757>, without <3808> any

order <5468>, and [where] the light <3313> [is] as darkness

<0652>.

Job 11

 1. Then answered <6030> Zophar <6691> the Naamathite <5284>,

and said <0559>,

 2 Should not the multitude <7230> of words <1697> be answered

<6030>? and should a man <0376> full of talk <8193> be justified

<6663>?

 3 Should thy lies <0907> make men <4962> hold <2790> their

peace <2790>? and when thou mockest <3932>, shall no <0369> man

make thee ashamed <3637>?

 4 For thou hast said <0559>, My doctrine <3948> [is] pure

<2134>, and I am clean <1249> in thine eyes <5869>.

 5 But oh that God <0433> would speak <1696>, and open <6605>

his lips <8193> against <5973> thee;

 6 And that he would shew <5046> thee the secrets <8587> of

wisdom <2451>, that [they are] double <3718> to that which is!

Know <3045> therefore that God <0433> exacteth <5382> of thee

[less] than thine iniquity <5771> [deserveth].

 7. Canst thou by searching <2714> find <4672> out God <0433>?

canst thou find <4672> out the Almighty <7706> unto perfection

<8503>?

 8 [It is] as high <1363> as heaven <8064>; what <4100> canst

thou do <6466>? deeper <6013> than <4480> hell <7585>; what

<4100> canst thou know <3045>?

 9 The measure <4055> thereof [is] longer <0752> than <4480> the

earth <0776>, and broader <7342> than <4480> the sea <3220>.

 10 If <0518> he cut <2498> off, and shut <5462> up, or gather

<6950> together, then who <4310> can hinder <7725> him?

 11 For he knoweth <3045> vain <7723> men <4962>: he seeth

<7200> wickedness <0205> also; will he not then consider <0995>

[it]?

 12 For vain <5014> man would be wise <3823>, though man be born

<3205> [like] a wild <6501> ass's <6501> colt <5895>.

 13. If <0518> thou prepare <3559> thine heart <3820>, and

stretch <6566> out thine hands <3709> toward <0413> him;

 14 If <0518> iniquity <0205> [be] in thine hand <3027>, put it

far <7350> away, and let not wickedness <5766> dwell <7931> in

thy tabernacles <0168>.

 15 For then <0227> shalt thou lift <5375> up thy face <6440>

without spot <3971>; yea, thou shalt be stedfast <3332>, and

shalt not fear <3372>:

 16 Because <3588> thou shalt forget <7911> [thy] misery <5999>,

[and] remember <2142> [it] as waters <4325> [that] pass <5674>

away:

 17 And [thine] age <2465> shall be clearer <6965> than the

noonday <6672>; thou shalt shine <5774> forth, thou shalt be as

the morning <1242>.

 18 And thou shalt be secure <0982>, because <3588> there is

hope <8615>; yea, thou shalt dig <2658> [about <5439> thee, and]

thou shalt take <7901> thy rest <7901> in safety <0983>.

 19 Also thou shalt lie <7257> down <7257>, and none <0369>

shall make [thee] afraid <2729>; yea, many <7227> shall make

suit <2470> unto thee.

 20 But the eyes <5869> of the wicked <7563> shall fail <3615>,

and they shall not escape, and their hope <8615> [shall be as]

the giving <4646> up of the ghost <5315>.

Job 12

 1. And Job <0347> answered <6030> and said <0559>,

 2 No <0551> doubt <0551> but ye [are] the people <5971>, and

wisdom <2451> shall die <4191> with you.

 3 But I have understanding <3824> as well <71> as you; I [am

<1961>] not inferior <5307> to you: yea, who <4310> knoweth

<0854> not such <3644> things as these <0428>?

 4 I am [as] one mocked <7832> of his neighbour <7453>, who

calleth <7121> upon God <0433>, and he answereth <6030> him: the

just <6662> upright <8549> [man is] laughed <7832> to scorn.

 5 He that is ready <3559> to slip <4571> with [his] feet <7272>

[is as] a lamp <3940> despised <0937> in the thought <6248> of

him that is at ease <7600>.

 6. The tabernacles <0168> of robbers <7703> prosper <7951>, and

they that provoke <7264> God <0410> are secure <0987>; into

whose <0834> hand <3027> God <0433> bringeth <0935> [abundantly].

 7 But ask <7592> now <4994> the beasts <0929>, and they shall

teach <3384> thee; and the fowls <5775> of the air <8064>, and

they shall tell <5046> thee:

 8 Or <0176> speak <7878> to the earth <0776>, and it shall

teach <3384> thee: and the fishes <1709> of the sea <3220> shall

declare <5608> unto thee.

 9 Who <4310> knoweth <3045> not in all <3605> these <0428> that

the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068> hath wrought <6213> this

<2063>?

 10 In whose <0834> hand <3027> [is] the soul <5315> of every

<3605> living <2416> thing, and the breath <7307> of all <3605>

mankind.

 11 Doth not the ear <0241> try <0974> words <4405>? and the

mouth <2441> taste <2938> his meat <0400>?

 12. With the ancient <3453> [is] wisdom <2451>; and in length

<0753> of days <3117> understanding <8394>.

 13 With him [is] wisdom <2451> and strength <1369>, he hath

counsel <6098> and understanding <8394>.

 14 Behold <2005>, he breaketh <2040> down <2040>, and it cannot

<3808> be built <1129> again: he shutteth <5462> up a man <0376>,

 and there can be no <3808> opening <6605>.

 15 Behold <2005>, he withholdeth <6113> the waters <4325>, and

they dry <3001> up: also he sendeth <7971> them out, and they

overturn <2015> the earth <0776>.

 16 With him [is] strength <5797> and wisdom <8454>: the

deceived <7683> and the deceiver <7686> [are] his.

 17 He leadeth <3212> counsellors <3289> away spoiled <7758>,

and maketh the judges <8199> fools <1984>.

 18 He looseth <6605> the bond <4148> of kings <4428>, and

girdeth <0631> their loins <4975> with a girdle <0232>.

 19 He leadeth <3212> princes <3548> away spoiled <7758>, and

overthroweth <5557> the mighty <0386>.

 20 He removeth <5493> away the speech <8193> of the trusty

<0539>, and taketh <3947> away the understanding <2940> of the

aged <2205>.

 21 He poureth <8210> contempt <0937> upon princes <5081>, and

weakeneth <7503> the strength <4206> of the mighty <0650>.

 22 He discovereth <1540> deep <6013> things out of darkness

<2822>, and bringeth <3318> out to light <0216> the shadow

<6757> of death <6757>.

 23 He increaseth <7679> the nations <1471>, and destroyeth <6>

them: he enlargeth <7849> the nations <1471>, and straiteneth

<5148> them [again].

 24 He taketh <5493> away <5493> the heart <3820> of the chief

<7218> of the people <5971> of the earth <0776>, and causeth

them to wander <8582> in a wilderness <8414> [where there is] no

<3808> way <1870>.

 25 They grope <4959> in the dark <2822> without <3808> light

<0216>, and he maketh them to stagger <8582> like [a] drunken

<7910> [man].

Job 13

 1. Lo <2005>, mine eye <5869> hath seen <7200> all <3605>

[this], mine ear <0241> hath heard <8085> and understood <0995>

it.

 2 What ye know <1847>, [the same] do I know <3045> also <1571>:

I [am] not inferior <5307> unto you.

 3 Surely <0199> I would speak <1696> to the Almighty <7706>,

and I desire <2654> to reason <3198> with God <0410>.

 4 But ye [are] forgers <2950> of lies <8267>, ye [are] all

<3605> physicians <7495> of no <0457> value <0457>.

 5 O that ye would altogether hold <2790> your peace <2790>! and

it should be your wisdom <2451>.

 6 Hear <8085> now <4994> my reasoning <8433>, and hearken

<7181> to the pleadings <7379> of my lips <8193>.

 7 Will ye speak <1696> wickedly <5766> for God <0410>? and talk

<1696> deceitfully <7423> for him?

 8 Will ye accept <5375> his person <6440>? will ye contend

<7378> for God <0410>?

 9 Is it good <2896> that he should search <2713> you out? or as

one man <0582> mocketh <2048> another, do ye [so] mock <2048>

him?

 10 He will surely reprove <3198> you, if <0518> ye do secretly

<5643> accept <5375> persons <6440>.

 11 Shall not his excellency <7613> make you afraid <1204>? and

his dread <6343> fall <5307> upon you?

 12 Your remembrances <2146> [are] like <4911> unto ashes <0665>,

 your bodies <1354> to bodies <1472> of clay <2563>.

 13. Hold <2790> your peace <2790>, let me alone, that I may

speak <1696>, and let come <5674> on me what <4100> [will].

 14 Wherefore do I take <5375> my flesh <1320> in my teeth

<8127>, and put <7760> my life <5315> in mine hand <3709>?

 15 Though he slay <6991> me, yet will I trust <3176> in him:

but I will maintain <3198> mine own ways <1870> before him.

 16 He also <1571> [shall be] my salvation <3444>: for an

hypocrite <2611> shall not come <0935> before <6440> him.

 17 Hear <8085> diligently my speech <4405>, and my declaration

<0262> with your ears <0241>.

 18 Behold <2009> now <4994>, I have <1961> ordered <6186> [my]

cause <4941>; I know <3045> that I shall be justified <6663>.

 19 Who <4310> [is] he [that] will plead <7378> with me? for now

<6258>, if <3588> I hold <2790> my tongue <2790>, I shall give

<1478> up the ghost <1478>.

 20 Only <0389> do <6213> not two <8147> [things] unto me: then

<0227> will I not hide <5641> myself from thee.

 21 Withdraw <7368> thine hand <3709> far <7350> from me: and

let not thy dread <0367> make me afraid <1204>.

 22 Then call <7121> thou, and I will answer <6030>: or <0176>

let me speak <1696>, and answer <7725> thou me.

 23. How <4100> many [are] mine iniquities <5771> and sins

<2403>? make me to know <3045> my transgression <6588> and my

sin <2403>.

 24 Wherefore <4100> hidest <5641> thou thy face <6440>, and

holdest <2803> me for thine enemy <0341>?

 25 Wilt thou break <6206> a leaf <5929> driven <5086> to and

fro? and wilt thou pursue <7291> the dry <3002> stubble <7179>?

 26 For thou writest <3789> bitter <4846> things against <5921>

me, and makest me to possess <3423> the iniquities <5771> of my

youth <5271>.

 27 Thou puttest <7760> my feet <7272> also in the stocks <5465>,

 and lookest <8104> narrowly <8104> unto all <3605> my paths

<0734>; thou settest a print <2707> upon the heels <8323> of my

feet <7272>.

 28 And he, as a rotten <7538> thing, consumeth <1086>, as a

garment <0899> that is moth <6211> eaten <0398>.

Job 14

 1. Man <0120> [that is] born <3205> of a woman <0802> [is] of

few <7116> days <3117>, and full <7646> of trouble <7267>.

 2 He cometh <3318> forth <3318> like a flower <6731>, and is

cut <5243> down: he fleeth <1272> also as a shadow <6738>, and

continueth <5975> not.

 3 And dost thou open <6491> thine eyes <5869> upon such <2088>

an one, and bringest <0935> me into judgment <4941> with thee?

 4 Who <4310> can bring <5414> a clean <2889> [thing] out of an

unclean <2931>? not one <0259>.

 5 Seeing <0518> his days <3117> [are] determined <2782>, the

number <4557> of his months <2320> [are] with thee, thou hast

appointed <6213> his bounds <2706> that he cannot <3808> pass

<5674>;

 6 Turn <8159> from him, that he may rest <2308>, till <5704> he

shall accomplish <7521>, as an hireling <7916>, his day <3117>.

 7. For there is hope <8615> of a tree <6086>, if it be cut

<3772> down, that it will sprout <2498> again <5750>, and that

the tender <3127> branch thereof will not cease <2308>.

 8 Though <0518> the root <8328> thereof wax old <2204> in the

earth <0776>, and the stock <1503> thereof die <4191> in the

ground <6083>;

 9 [Yet] through the scent <7381> of water <4325> it will bud

<6524>, and bring <6213> forth <6213> boughs <7105> like <3644>

a plant <5194>.

 10 But man <1397> dieth <4191>, and wasteth <2522> away: yea,

man <0120> giveth <1478> up the ghost <1478>, and where <0834>

[is] he?

 11 [As] the waters <4325> fail <0235> from the sea <3220>, and

the flood <5104> decayeth <2717> and drieth <3001> up:

 12 So man <0376> lieth <7901> down <7901>, and riseth <6965>

not: till <5704> the heavens <8064> [be] no <1115> more, they

shall not awake <6974>, nor <3808> be raised <5782> out of their

sleep <8142>.

 13 O that thou wouldest hide <6845> me in the grave <7585>,

that thou wouldest keep me secret <5641>, until <5704> thy wrath

<0639> be past <7725>, that thou wouldest appoint <7896> me a

set <2706> time, and remember <2142> me!

 14 If <0518> a man <1397> die <4191>, shall he live <2421>

[again]? all <3605> the days <3117> of my appointed <6635> time

<6635> will I wait <3176>, till <5704> my change <2487> come

<0935>.

 15 Thou shalt call <7121>, and I will answer <6030> thee: thou

wilt have a desire <3700> to the work <4639> of thine hands

<3027>.

 16. For now <6258> thou numberest <5608> my steps <6806>: dost

thou not watch <8104> over <5921> my sin <2403>?

 17 My transgression <6588> [is] sealed <2856> up in a bag

<6872>, and thou sewest <2950> up mine iniquity <5771>.

 18 And surely <0199> the mountain <2022> falling <5307> cometh

<5034> to nought <5034>, and the rock <6697> is removed <6275>

out of his place <4725>.

 19 The waters <4325> wear <7833> the stones <68>: thou washest

<7857> away the things which grow <5599> [out] of the dust

<6083> of the earth <0776>; and thou destroyest <6> the hope

<8615> of man <0582>.

 20 Thou prevailest <8630> for ever <5331> against him, and he

passeth <1980>: thou changest <8138> his countenance <6440>, and

sendest <7971> him away.

 21 His sons <1121> come to honour <3513>, and he knoweth <3045>

[it] not; and they are brought <6819> low <6819>, but he

perceiveth <0995> [it] not of them.

 22 But his flesh <1320> upon him shall have pain <3510>, and

his soul <5315> within <5921> him shall mourn <56>.

Job 15

 1. Then answered <6030> Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <8489>, and

said <0559>,

 2 Should a wise <2450> man utter vain <7307> knowledge <1847>,

and fill <4390> his belly <0990> with the east <6921> wind

<7307>?

 3 Should he reason <3198> with unprofitable <5532> talk <1697>?

or with speeches <4405> wherewith he can do <5953> no <3808>

good <3276>?

 4 Yea <0637>, thou castest <6565> off fear <3374>, and

restrainest <1639> prayer <7878> before <6440> God <0410>.

 5 For thy mouth <6310> uttereth <0502> thine iniquity <5771>,

and thou choosest <0977> the tongue <3956> of the crafty <6175>.

 6 Thine own mouth <6310> condemneth <7561> thee, and not I: yea,

 thine own lips <8193> testify <6030> against thee.

 7 [Art] thou the first <7223> man <0120> [that] was born

<3205>? or wast thou made <2342> before <6440> the hills <1389>?

 8 Hast thou heard <8085> the secret <5475> of God <0433>? and

dost thou restrain <1639> wisdom <2451> to thyself <0413>?

 9 What <4100> knowest <3045> thou, that we know <3045> not?

[what] understandest <0995> thou, which <1931> [is] not in us?

 10 With us [are] both <1571> the grayheaded and very <3453>

aged <3453> men, much <3524> elder than thy father <1>.

 11 [Are] the consolations <8575> of God <0410> small <4592>

with thee? is there any secret <0328> thing <1697> with thee?

 12 Why <4100> doth thine heart <3820> carry <3947> thee away?

and what <4100> do thy eyes <5869> wink <7335> at,

 13 That thou turnest <7725> thy spirit <7307> against <0413>

God <0410>, and lettest [such] words <4405> go <3318> out of thy

mouth <6310>?

 14 What <4100> [is] man <0582>, that he should be clean <2135>?

and [he which is] born <3205> of a woman <0802>, that he should

be righteous <6662>?

 15 Behold <2005>, he putteth no <3808> trust <0539> in his

saints <6918>; yea, the heavens <8064> are not clean <2141> in

his sight <5869>.

 16 How <0637> much more abominable <8581> and filthy <0444>

[is] man <0376>, which drinketh <8354> iniquity <5766> like

water <4325>?

 17. I will shew <2331> thee, hear <8085> me; and that [which] I

have seen <2372> I will declare <5608>;

 18 Which <0834> wise <2450> men have told <5046> from their

fathers <1>, and have not hid <3582> [it]:

 19 Unto whom <1992> alone <0905> the earth <0776> was given

<5414>, and no <3808> stranger <2114> passed <5674> among <8432>

them.

 20 The wicked <7563> man travaileth <2342> with pain all <3605>

[his] days <3117>, and the number <4557> of years <8141> is

hidden <6845> to the oppressor <6184>.

 21 A dreadful <6343> sound <6963> [is] in his ears <0241>: in

prosperity <7965> the destroyer <7703> shall come <0935> upon

him.

 22 He believeth <0539> not that he shall return <7725> out of

darkness <2822>, and he is waited <6822> for of the sword <2719>.

 23 He wandereth <5074> abroad <5074> for bread <3899>, [saying],

 Where <0346> [is it]? he knoweth <3045> that the day <3117> of

darkness <2822> is ready <3559> at his hand <3027>.

 24 Trouble <6862> and anguish <4691> shall make him afraid

<1204>; they shall prevail <8630> against him, as a king <4428>

ready <6264> to the battle <3593>.

 25 For he stretcheth <5186> out his hand <3027> against <0413>

God <0410>, and strengtheneth <1396> himself against <0413> the

Almighty <7706>.

 26 He runneth <7323> upon him, [even] on [his] neck <6677>,

upon the thick <5672> bosses <1354> of his bucklers <4043>:

 27 Because <3588> he covereth <3680> his face <6440> with his

fatness <2459>, and maketh <6213> collops <6371> of fat <6371>

on [his] flanks <3689>.

 28 And he dwelleth <7931> in desolate <3582> cities <5892>,

[and] in houses <1004> which no <3808> man inhabiteth <3427>,

which <0834> are ready <6257> to become heaps <1530>.

 29 He shall not be rich <6238>, neither <3808> shall his

substance <2428> continue <6965>, neither <3808> shall he

prolong <5186> the perfection <4512> thereof upon the earth

<0776>.

 30 He shall not depart <5493> out of darkness <2822>; the flame

<7957> shall dry <3001> up his branches <3127>, and by the

breath <7307> of his mouth <6310> shall he go <5493> away.

 31 Let not him that is deceived <8582> trust <0539> in vanity

<7723>: for vanity <7723> shall be his recompence <8545>.

 32 It shall be accomplished <4390> before <3808> his time

<3117>, and his branch <3712> shall not be green <7488>.

 33 He shall shake <2554> off his unripe <1154> grape <1154> as

the vine <1612>, and shall cast <7993> off his flower <5328> as

the olive <2132>.

 34 For the congregation <5712> of hypocrites <2611> [shall be]

desolate <1565>, and fire <0784> shall consume <0398> the

tabernacles <0168> of bribery <7810>.

 35 They conceive <2029> mischief <5999>, and bring <3205> forth

<3205> vanity <0205>, and their belly <0990> prepareth <3559>

deceit <4820>.

Job 16

 1. Then Job <0347> answered <6030> and said <0559>,

 2 I have heard <8085> many <7227> such <0428> things: miserable

<5999> comforters <5162> [are] ye all <3605>.

 3 Shall vain <7307> words <1697> have an end <7093>? or <0176>

what <4100> emboldeneth <4834> thee that thou answerest <6030>?

 4 I also <1571> could speak <1696> as ye [do]: if <3863> your

soul <5315> were in my soul's <5315> stead <8478>, I could heap

<2266> up words <4405> against <5921> you, and shake <5128> mine

head <7218> at you.

 5 [But] I would strengthen <0553> you with my mouth <6310>, and

the moving <5205> of my lips <8193> should asswage <2820> [your

grief].

 6. Though <0518> I speak <1696>, my grief <3511> is not

asswaged <2820>: and [though] I forbear <2308>, what <4100> am I

eased <1980>?

 7 But now <6258> he hath made me weary <3811>: thou hast made

desolate <8074> all <3605> my company <5712>.

 8 And thou hast filled <7059> me with wrinkles <7059>, [which]

is a witness <5707> [against me]: and my leanness <3585> rising

<6965> up in me beareth <6030> witness <6030> to my face <6440>.

 9 He teareth <2963> [me] in his wrath <0639>, who hateth <7852>

me: he gnasheth <2786> upon me with his teeth <8127>; mine enemy

<6862> sharpeneth <3913> his eyes <5869> upon me.

 10 They have gaped <6473> upon me with their mouth <6310>; they

have smitten <5221> me upon the cheek <3895> reproachfully

<2781>; they have gathered <4390> themselves together <3162>

against <5921> me.

 11 God <0410> hath delivered <5462> me to the ungodly <5760>,

and turned <3399> me over <5921> into <0413> the hands <3027> of

the wicked <7563>.

 12 I was at ease <7961>, but he hath broken <6565> me asunder:

he hath also taken <0247> [me] by my neck <6203>, and shaken

<6327> me to pieces, and set <6965> me up for his mark <4307>.

 13 His archers <7228> compass <5437> me round <5437> about, he

cleaveth <6398> my reins <3629> asunder, and doth not spare

<2550>; he poureth <8210> out my gall <4845> upon the ground

<0776>.

 14 He breaketh <6555> me with breach <6556> upon breach <6556>,

he runneth <7323> upon me like a giant <1368>.

 15 I have sewed <8609> sackcloth <8242> upon my skin <1539>,

and defiled <5953> my horn <7161> in the dust <6083>.

 16 My face <6440> is foul <2560> with weeping <1065>, and on

<5921> my eyelids <6079> [is] the shadow <6757> of death <6757>;

 17. Not for [any] injustice <2555> in mine hands <3709>: also

my prayer <8605> [is] pure <2134>.

 18 O earth <0776>, cover <3680> not thou my blood <1818>, and

let my cry <2201> have <1961> no <0408> place <4725>.

 19 Also <1571> now <6258>, behold <2009>, my witness <5707>

[is] in heaven <8064>, and my record <7717> [is] on high <4791>.

 20 My friends <7453> scorn <3887> me: [but] mine eye <5869>

poureth <1811> out [tears] unto God <0433>.

 21 O that one might plead <3198> for a man <1397> with God

<0433>, as a man <0120> [pleadeth] for his neighbour <7453>!

 22 When <3588> a few <4557> years <8141> are come <0857>, then

I shall go <1980> the way <0734> [whence] I shall not return

<7725>.

Job 17

 1. My breath <7307> is corrupt <2254>, my days <3117> are

extinct <2193>, the graves <6913> [are ready] for me.

 2 [Are there] not mockers <2049> with me? and doth not mine eye

<5869> continue <3885> in their provocation <4784>?

 3 Lay <7760> down now <4994>, put me in a surety <6148> with

thee; who <4310> [is] he [that] will strike <8628> hands <3027>

with me?

 4 For thou hast hid <6845> their heart <3820> from

understanding <7922>: therefore shalt thou not exalt <7311>

[them].

 5 He that speaketh <5046> flattery <2506> to [his] friends

<7453>, even the eyes <5869> of his children <1121> shall fail

<3615>.

 6 He hath made <3322> me also a byword <4914> of the people

<5971>; and aforetime <6440> I was as a tabret <8611>.

 7 Mine eye <5869> also is dim <3543> by reason of sorrow <3708>,

 and all <3605> my members <3338> [are] as a shadow <6738>.

 8 Upright <3477> [men] shall be astonied <8074> at <5921> this

<2063>, and the innocent <5355> shall stir <5782> up himself

against <5921> the hypocrite <2611>.

 9 The righteous <6662> also shall hold <0270> on his way <1870>,

 and he that hath clean <2891> hands <3027> shall be stronger

<0555> and stronger <0555>.

 10. But as for you all <3605>, do ye return <7725>, and come

<0935> now <4994>: for I cannot <3808> find <4672> [one] wise

<2450> [man] among you.

 11 My days <3117> are past <5674>, my purposes <2154> are

broken <5423> off, [even] the thoughts <4180> of my heart <3824>.

 12 They change <7760> the night <3915> into day <3117>: the

light <0216> [is] short <7138> because <6440> of darkness <2822>.

 13 If <0518> I wait <6960>, the grave <7585> [is] mine house

<1004>: I have made <7502> my bed <3326> in the darkness <2822>.

 14 I have said <7121> to corruption <7845>, Thou [art] my

father <1>: to the worm <7415>, [Thou art] my mother <0517>, and

my sister <0269>.

 15 And where [is] now <0645> my hope <8615>? as for my hope

<8615>, who <4310> shall see <7789> it?

 16 They shall go <3381> down <3381> to the bars <0905> of the

pit <7585>, when <0518> [our] rest <5183> together <3162> [is]

in the dust <6083>.

Job 18

 1. Then answered <6030> Bildad <1085> the Shuhite <7747>, and

said <0559>,

 2 How <5704> long <5704> [will it be ere] ye make <7760> an end

<7078> of words <4405>? mark <0995>, and afterwards <0310> we

will speak <1696>.

 3 Wherefore <4069> are we counted <2803> as beasts <0929>,

[and] reputed <2804> vile <2933> in your sight <5869>?

 4 He teareth <2963> himself <5315> in his anger <0639>: shall

the earth <0776> be forsaken <5800> for thee? and shall the rock

<6697> be removed <6275> out of his place <4725>?

 5. Yea <1571>, the light <0216> of the wicked <7563> shall be

put <1846> out, and the spark <7632> of his fire <0784> shall

not shine <5050>.

 6 The light <0216> shall be dark <2821> in his tabernacle

<0168>, and his candle <5216> shall be put <1846> out with him.

 7 The steps <6806> of his strength <0202> shall be straitened

<3334>, and his own counsel <6098> shall cast <7993> him down.

 8 For he is cast <7971> into a net <7568> by his own feet

<7272>, and he walketh <1980> upon a snare <7639>.

 9 The gin <6341> shall take <0270> [him] by the heel <6119>,

[and] the robber <6782> shall prevail <2388> against <5921> him.

 10 The snare <2256> [is] laid for him in the ground <0776>, and

a trap <4434> for him in the way <5410>.

 11. Terrors <1091> shall make him afraid <1204> on every <5437>

side <5439>, and shall drive <6327> him to his feet <7272>.

 12 His strength <0202> shall be hungerbitten <7457>, and

destruction <0343> [shall be] ready <3559> at his side <6763>.

 13 It shall devour <0398> the strength <0905> of his skin

<5785>: [even] the firstborn <1060> of death <4194> shall devour

<0398> his strength <0905>.

 14 His confidence <4009> shall be rooted <5423> out of his

tabernacle <0168>, and it shall bring <6805> him to the king

<4428> of terrors <1091>.

 15 It shall dwell <7931> in his tabernacle <0168>, because [it

is] none <1097> of his: brimstone <1614> shall be scattered

<2219> upon his habitation <5116>.

 16 His roots <8328> shall be dried <3001> up beneath <8478>,

and above <4605> shall his branch <7105> be cut <5243> off.

 17 His remembrance <2143> shall perish <6> from the earth

<0776>, and he shall have no <3808> name <8034> in the street.

 18 He shall be driven <1920> from light <0216> into darkness

<2822>, and chased <5074> out of the world <8398>.

 19 He shall neither <3808> have son <5209> nor <3808> nephew

<5220> among his people <5971>, nor <3808> any remaining <8300>

in his dwellings <4033>.

 20 They that come after <0314> [him] shall be astonied <8074>

at <5921> his day <3117>, as they that went <6923> before <6931>

were affrighted.

 21 Surely <0389> such <0428> [are] the dwellings <4908> of the

wicked <5767>, and this <2088> [is] the place <4725> [of him

that] knoweth <3045> not God <0410>.

Job 19

 1. Then Job <0347> answered <6030> and said <0559>,

 2 How <5704> long <5704> will ye vex <3013> my soul <5315>, and

break <1792> me in pieces with words <4405>?

 3 These <2088> ten <6235> times <6471> have ye reproached

<3637> me: ye are not ashamed <0954> [that] ye make yourselves

strange <1970> to me.

 4 And be it indeed <0551> [that] I have erred <7683>, mine

error <4879> remaineth <3885> with myself.

 5 If <0518> indeed <0551> ye will magnify <1431> [yourselves]

against <5921> me, and plead <3198> against <5921> me my

reproach <2781>:

 6 Know <3045> now <0645> that God <0433> hath overthrown <5791>

me, and hath compassed <5362> me with his net <4685>.

 7 Behold <2005>, I cry <6817> out of wrong <2555>, but I am not

heard <6030>: I cry <7768> aloud <7768>, but [there is] no

<3808> judgment <4941>.

 8. He hath fenced <1443> up my way <0734> that I cannot <3808>

pass <5674>, and he hath set <7760> darkness <2822> in my paths

<5410>.

 9 He hath stripped <6584> me of my glory <3519>, and taken

<5493> the crown <5850> [from] my head <7218>.

 10 He hath destroyed <5422> me on every <5437> side <5439>, and

I am gone <3212>: and mine hope <8615> hath he removed <5265>

like a tree <6086>.

 11 He hath also kindled <2734> his wrath <0639> against <5921>

me, and he counteth <2803> me unto him as [one of] his enemies

<6862>.

 12 His troops <1416> come <0935> together <3162>, and raise

<5549> up their way <1870> against <5921> me, and encamp <2583>

round <5439> about my tabernacle <0168>.

 13 He hath put my brethren <0251> far <7350> from me, and mine

acquaintance <3045> are verily <0389> estranged <2114> from me.

 14 My kinsfolk <7138> have failed <2308>, and my familiar

<3045> friends have forgotten <7911> me.

 15 They that dwell <1481> in mine house <1004>, and my maids

<0519>, count <2803> me for a stranger <2114>: I am an alien

<5237> in their sight <5869>.

 16 I called <7121> my servant <5650>, and he gave [me] no

<3808> answer <6030>; I intreated <2603> him with my mouth

<6310>.

 17 My breath <7307> is strange <2114> to my wife <0802>, though

I intreated <2589> for the children's <1121> [sake] of mine own

body <0990>.

 18 Yea <1571>, young children despised <3988> me; I arose

<6965>, and they spake <1696> against me.

 19 All <3605> my inward <5475> friends <4962> abhorred <8581>

me: and they whom I loved <0157> are turned <2015> against me.

 20 My bone <6106> cleaveth <1692> to my skin <5785> and to my

flesh <1320>, and I am escaped <4422> with the skin <5785> of my

teeth <8127>.

 21 Have pity <2603> upon me, have pity <2603> upon me, O ye my

friends <7453>; for the hand <3027> of God <0433> hath touched

<5060> me.

 22 Why <4100> do ye persecute <7291> me as God <0410>, and are

not satisfied <7646> with my flesh <1320>?

 23. Oh that my words <4405> were now <0645> written <3789>! oh

that they were printed <2710> in a book <5612>!

 24 That they were graven <2672> with an iron <1270> pen <5842>

and lead <5777> in the rock <6697> for ever <5703>!

 25 For I know <3045> [that] my redeemer <1350> liveth <2416>,

and [that] he shall stand <6965> at the latter <0314> [day] upon

the earth <6083>:

 26 And [though] after <0310> my skin <5785> [worms] destroy

<5362> this <2063> [body], yet in my flesh <1320> shall I see

<2372> God <0433>:

 27 Whom <0834> I shall see <2372> for myself, and mine eyes

<5869> shall behold <7200>, and not another <2114>; [though] my

reins <3629> be consumed <3615> within <2436> me.

 28 But ye should say <0559>, Why <4100> persecute <7291> we him,

 seeing the root <8328> of the matter <1697> is found <4672> in

me?

 29 Be ye afraid <1481> of the sword <2719>: for wrath <2534>

[bringeth] the punishments <5771> of the sword <2719>, that ye

may know <3045> [there is] a judgment <1779>.

Job 20

 1. Then answered <6030> Zophar <6691> the Naamathite <5284>,

and said <0559>,

 2 Therefore <3651> do my thoughts <5587> cause me to answer

<7725>, and for [this] I make haste <2363>.

 3 I have heard <8085> the check <4148> of my reproach <3639>,

and the spirit <7307> of my understanding <0998> causeth me to

answer <6030>.

 4 Knowest <3045> thou [not] this <2063> of old <5703>, since

<4480> man <0120> was placed <7760> upon earth <0776>,

 5 That the triumphing <7445> of the wicked <7563> [is] short

<7138>, and the joy <8057> of the hypocrite <2611> [but] for a

moment <7281>?

 6 Though his excellency <7863> mount <5927> up to the heavens

<8064>, and his head <7218> reach <5060> unto the clouds <5645>;

 7 [Yet] he shall perish <6> for ever <5331> like his own dung

<1561>: they which have seen <7200> him shall say <0559>, Where

<0335> [is] he?

 8 He shall fly <5774> away as a dream <2472>, and shall not be

found <4672>: yea, he shall be chased <5074> away as a vision

<2384> of the night <3915>.

 9 The eye <5869> also [which] saw <7805> him shall [see him] no

<3808> more <3254>; neither <3808> shall his place <4725> any

more <5750> behold <7789> him.

 10. His children <1121> shall seek to please <7521> the poor

<1800>, and his hands <3027> shall restore <7725> their goods

<0202>.

 11 His bones <6106> are full <4390> [of the sin] of his youth

<5934>, which shall lie <7901> down <7904> with him in the dust

<6083>.

 12 Though <0518> wickedness <7451> be sweet <4985> in his mouth

<6310>, [though] he hide <3582> it under <8478> his tongue

<3956>;

 13 [Though] he spare <2550> it, and forsake <5800> it not; but

keep <4513> it still within <8432> his mouth <2441>:

 14 [Yet] his meat <3899> in his bowels <4578> is turned <2015>,

[it is] the gall <4846> of asps <6620> within <7030> him.

 15 He hath swallowed <1104> down riches <2428>, and he shall

vomit <6958> them up again: God <0410> shall cast <3423> them

out of his belly <0990>.

 16 He shall suck <3243> the poison <7219> of asps <6620>: the

viper's <0660> tongue <3956> shall slay <2026> him.

 17 He shall not see <7200> the rivers <6390>, the floods <5104>,

 the brooks <5158> of honey <1706> and butter <2529>.

 18 That which he laboured <3022> for shall he restore <7725>,

and shall not swallow <1104> [it] down: according to [his]

substance <2428> [shall] the restitution <8545> [be], and he

shall not rejoice <5965> [therein].

 19 Because <3588> he hath oppressed <7533> [and] hath forsaken

<5800> the poor <1800>; [because] he hath violently <1497> taken

<1497> away <1497> an house <1004> which he builded <1129> not;

 20 Surely <3588> he shall not feel <3045> quietness <7961> in

his belly <0990>, he shall not save <4422> of that which he

desired <2530>.

 21 There shall none <0369> of his meat <0400> be left <8300>;

therefore shall no <3808> man look <2342> for his goods <2898>.

 22 In the fulness <4390> of his sufficiency <5607> he shall be

in straits <3334>: every <3605> hand <3027> of the wicked <6001>

shall come <0935> upon him.

 23. [When] he is about to fill <4390> his belly <0990>, [God]

shall cast <7971> the fury <2740> of his wrath <0639> upon him,

and shall rain <4305> [it] upon him while he is eating <3894>.

 24 He shall flee <1272> from the iron <1270> weapon <5402>,

[and] the bow <7198> of steel <5154> shall strike <2498> him

through.

 25 It is drawn <8025>, and cometh <3318> out of the body <1465>;

 yea, the glittering <1300> sword <1300> cometh <1980> out of

his gall <4846>: terrors <0367> [are] upon him.

 26 All <3605> darkness <2822> [shall be] hid <2244> in his

secret <6845> places: a fire <0784> not blown <5301> shall

consume <0398> him; it shall go ill <3415> with him that is left

<8300> in his tabernacle <0168>.

 27 The heaven <8064> shall reveal <1540> his iniquity <5771>;

and the earth <0776> shall rise <6965> up against him.

 28 The increase <2981> of his house <1004> shall depart <1540>,

[and his goods] shall flow <5064> away in the day <3117> of his

wrath <0639>.

 29 This <2088> [is] the portion <2506> of a wicked <7563> man

<0120> from God <0430>, and the heritage <5159> appointed <0561>

unto him by God <0410>.

Job 21

 1. But Job <0347> answered <6030> and said <0559>,

 2 Hear <8085> diligently my speech <4405>, and let this <2063>

be your consolations <8575>.

 3 Suffer <5375> me that I may speak <1696>; and after <0310>

that I have spoken <1696>, mock <3932> on.

 4 As for me, [is] my complaint <7878> to man <0120>? and if

<0518> [it were so], why <4069> should not my spirit <7307> be

troubled <7114>?

 5 Mark <6437> me, and be astonished <8074>, and lay <7760>

[your] hand <3027> upon [your] mouth <6310>.

 6 Even when <0518> I remember <2142> I am afraid <0926>, and

trembling <6427> taketh <0270> hold <0270> on my flesh <1320>.

 7. Wherefore <4069> do the wicked <7563> live <2421>, become

<6275> old <6275>, yea <1571>, are mighty <1396> in power <2428>?

 8 Their seed <2233> is established <3559> in their sight <6440>

with them, and their offspring <6631> before their eyes <5869>.

 9 Their houses <1004> [are] safe <7965> from fear <6343>,

neither <3808> [is] the rod <7626> of God <0433> upon them.

 10 Their bull <7794> gendereth <5674>, and faileth <1602> not;

their cow <6510> calveth <6403>, and casteth <7921> not her calf.

 11 They send <7971> forth their little <5759> ones like a flock

<6629>, and their children <3206> dance <7540>.

 12 They take <5375> the timbrel <8596> and harp <3658>, and

rejoice <8055> at the sound <6963> of the organ <5748>.

 13 They spend <3615> their days <3117> in wealth <2896>, and in

a moment <7281> go <5181> down <5181> to the grave <7585>.

 14 Therefore they say <0559> unto God <0410>, Depart <5493>

from us; for we desire <2654> not the knowledge <1847> of thy

ways <1870>.

 15 What <4100> [is] the Almighty <7706>, that we should serve

<5647> him? and what <4100> profit <3276> should we have, if we

pray <6293> unto him?

 16 Lo <2005>, their good <2898> [is] not in their hand <3027>:

the counsel <6098> of the wicked <7563> is far <7350> from me.

 17. How <4100> oft is the candle <5216> of the wicked <7563>

put <1846> out! and [how oft] cometh <0935> their destruction

<0343> upon them! [God] distributeth <2505> sorrows <2256> in

his anger <0639>.

 18 They are as stubble <8401> before <6440> the wind <7307>,

and as chaff <4671> that the storm <5492> carrieth <1589> away

<1589>.

 19 God <0433> layeth <6845> up his iniquity <0205> for his

children <1121>: he rewardeth <7999> him, and he shall know

<3045> [it].

 20 His eyes <5869> shall see <7200> his destruction <3589>, and

he shall drink <8354> of the wrath <2534> of the Almighty <7706>.

 21 For what <4100> pleasure <2656> [hath] he in his house

<1004> after <0310> him, when the number <4557> of his months

<2320> is cut <2686> off in the midst <2686>?

 22 Shall [any] teach <3925> God <0410> knowledge <1847>? seeing

he judgeth <8199> those that are high <7311>.

 23 One dieth <4191> in his full <8537> strength <6106>, being

wholly <3605> at ease <7946> and quiet <7961>.

 24 His breasts <5845> are full <4390> of milk <2461>, and his

bones <6106> are moistened <8248> with marrow <4221>.

 25 And another <2088> dieth <4191> in the bitterness <4751> of

his soul <5315>, and never <3808> eateth <0398> with pleasure

<2896>.

 26 They shall lie <7901> down <7904> alike <3162> in the dust

<6083>, and the worms <7415> shall cover <3680> them.

 27. Behold <2005>, I know <3045> your thoughts <4284>, and the

devices <4209> [which] ye wrongfully <2554> imagine <2554>

against <5921> me.

 28 For ye say <0559>, Where <0346> [is] the house <1004> of the

prince <5081>? and where <0346> [are] the dwelling <4908> places

<0168> of the wicked <7563>?

 29 Have ye not asked <7592> them that go <5674> by the way

<1870>? and do ye not know <5234> their tokens <0226>,

 30 That the wicked <7451> is reserved <2820> to the day <3117>

of destruction <0343>? they shall be brought <2986> forth to the

day <3117> of wrath <5678>.

 31 Who <4310> shall declare <5046> his way <1870> to his face

<6440>? and who <4310> shall repay <7999> him [what] he hath

done <6213>?

 32 Yet shall he be brought <2986> to the grave <6913>, and

shall remain <8245> in the tomb <1430>.

 33 The clods <7263> of the valley <5158> shall be sweet <4985>

unto him, and every <3605> man <0120> shall draw <4900> after

<0310> him, as [there are] innumerable before <6440> him.

 34 How <0349> then comfort <5162> ye me in vain <1892>, seeing

in your answers <8666> there remaineth <7604> falsehood <4604>?

Job 22

 1. Then Eliphaz <0464> the Temanite <8489> answered <6030> and

said <0559>,

 2 Can a man <1397> be profitable <5532> unto God <0410>, as he

that is wise <7919> may be profitable <5532> unto himself?

 3 [Is it] any pleasure <2656> to the Almighty <7706>, that thou

art righteous <6663>? or [is it] gain <1214> [to him], that thou

makest thy ways <1870> perfect <8552>?

 4 Will he reprove <3198> thee for fear <3374> of thee? will he

enter <0935> with thee into judgment <4941>?

 5. [Is] not thy wickedness <7451> great <7227>? and thine

iniquities <5771> infinite?

 6 For thou hast taken <2254> a pledge <2254> from thy brother

<0251> for nought <2600>, and stripped <6584> the naked <6174>

of their clothing <0899>.

 7 Thou hast not given water <4325> to the weary <5889> to drink

<8248>, and thou hast withholden <4513> bread <3899> from the

hungry <7456>.

 8 But [as for] the mighty <2220> man <0376>, he had the earth

<0776>; and the honourable man dwelt <3427> in it.

 9 Thou hast sent <7971> widows <0490> away empty <7387>, and

the arms <2220> of the fatherless <3490> have been broken <1792>.

 10 Therefore snares <6341> [are] round <5439> about thee, and

sudden <6597> fear <6343> troubleth <0926> thee;

 11 Or <0176> darkness <2822>, [that] thou canst not see <7200>;

and abundance <8229> of waters <4325> cover <3680> thee.

 12 [Is] not God <0433> in the height <1363> of heaven <8064>?

and behold <7200> the height <7218> of the stars <3556>, how

<3588> high <7311> they are!

 13 And thou sayest <0559>, How <4100> doth God <0410> know

<3045>? can he judge <8199> through the dark <6205> cloud <6205>?

 14 Thick clouds <5645> [are] a covering <5643> to him, that he

seeth <7200> not; and he walketh <1980> in the circuit <2329> of

heaven <8064>.

 15. Hast thou marked <8104> the old <5769> way <0734> which

<0834> wicked <0205> men <4962> have trodden <1869>?

 16 Which <0834> were cut <7059> down out of time <6256>, whose

foundation <3247> was overflown <3332> with a flood <5104>:

 17 Which said <0559> unto God <0410>, Depart <5493> from us:

and what <4100> can the Almighty <7706> do <6466> for them?

 18 Yet he filled <4390> their houses <1004> with good <2896>

[things]: but the counsel <6098> of the wicked <7563> is far

<7350> from me.

 19 The righteous <6662> see <7200> [it], and are glad <8056>:

and the innocent <5355> laugh <3932> them to scorn.

 20 Whereas <0518> our substance <7009> is not cut <3582> down,

but the remnant <3499> of them the fire <0784> consumeth <0398>.

 21. Acquaint <5532> now <4994> thyself with him, and be at

peace <7999>: thereby good <2896> shall come <0935> unto thee.